Garment hanger support



March 14, 1939. Q 1 2,150,826

GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT Filed July 15, 1938 A tiorneys Patented Mar. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT Application July 15, 1938, Serial No. 219,478

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a support for garment hangers, the general object of the invention being to provide a support having a substantially channel-shaped part at its top for engaging the upper edge of a door or the like with a depending part having a horizontal bar over which the hooks of the hangers are placed so that a plurality of the hangers can be supported by the device from a door.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinaiter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 2 is a view showing the device supported from a door.

As shown in the drawing the device has its major portion formed of a heavy wire or rod which is bent into substantially triangular shape to provide the vertical part I, the lower horizontal part 2 and a diagonal brace part 3, this part 3 and the outer end of the part 2 being twisted together as shown at 4 and then formed into the loop 5, the parts 4 and 5 extending upwardly from the ends of the parts 2 and 3 to form a hook. The upper ends of the parts I and 2 are twisted together as shown at 6 and then the two ends of these parts i and 3 are bent to diverge as shown at 'l. A strip of metal is bent into inverted channel shape to provide the bracket 8, one limb of the channel being longer than the other and this limb tapers downwardly and has its side edges rolled to form the tubular parts 9 which receive the ends I, the upper portions of the tubular parts being flattened as shown at 9 so as to clamp the ends 1 in the lower portion of the rolled part. The lower end of the member I is offset rearwardly as shown at l0 and a resilient collar II is placed on this part.

The device is adapted to be placed in engagement with a door A as shown in Figure 2 with the bracket 8 engaging the upper edge of the door and the collar 1 l engaging a face part of the door so that the part 2 will extend horizontally and at substantially right angles from the door, this part 2 being adapted to have placed thereover the hooks of garment hangers. The hook formed by the parts 4 and 5 can also be used to support a garment hanger or a garment or other object. As will be seen the device will support a plurality of hangers and it can be readily placed on a door or the like and just as easily removed and the device will not mar the door.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a substantially triangular-shaped part formed of wire and including a vertical part, a horizontal part, and a diagonal part, the upper ends of the vertical and diagonal parts being twisted together with the ends above the twisted part diverging upwardly, a bracket formed of sheet metal of substantially inverted channel-shape and having one limb extended with its edges tapering downwardly and rolled for receiving the diverging ends.

2. A device of the class described comprising a substantially triangular-shaped part formed of wire and including a vertical part, a horizontal part, and a diagonal part, the upper ends of the vertical and diagonal parts being twisted together with the ends above the twisted part diverging, a bracket formed of sheet metal of substantially inverted channel-shape and having one limb extended with its edges tapering downwardly and rolled for receiving the diverging ends, the lower end of the vertical part being rearwardly offset and a collar of resilient material on the offset portion, the adjacent ends of the diagonal part and the horizontal part being twisted together and bent upwardly to form a hook.

CLARENCE L. GILL. 

